The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-07


0ll United Statex.
II dsvolvod on Chief Justice Waite to
deny, Tor the Court over which he pre-
eidee, the writof error sought for in the
cases Of the condemned Anarchists in
!Ohicnso. The unanimous opinion Of The
sages who constitute tho third branch Of
tho Federal Government is, that the ILL
no'B jury law IL constitutional. In fact
the LOANED counsel for tho Anarchists
wero unsuccessful in every point u their
contention. To the condemned men
therefore every avenue OF hope Is closed
saving one-thst Of possible clemency
from tie Governor OF Illinois.
Morrison Rsmick Waite is Tho seventh
In the limo OF distinguished juris.s who
have held tho Chief Justicesbip OF the
United STATED. 30 Ia descended Of English
ancestry, and the family coat Of arms
bears the date Of 1911. In the old State
documents Of England will ba found the
death warrant OF Charles the !, signed by
Thomas WGyte, then a member Of Ps,lia-
ment. The family moved to thia country
coon after the Restoration. In The rural
town OF Lyme, Connecticut, the old house
sill stsndo in which the subject OF this
aketch wss born, on tho Goth Of Noyem-
bar, 1916. "a
At the ago Of seventeen he entered Yale
college, from which be graduated In 1887,
in the clsBs III which included William AZ.
Eval;s, Edwards Pierrepont, Professor
Benjamin Sillimsn and other distinguished
men, He began the study OF law with bis
father in Lyme, and concluded his peeps
ration for the bar in the Office Of Samuel
NJ. Young, then prominent lawyer In
haumee City, Ohio. Flo formed part
Eesship with Mr.. Young shortly after be-
ing admitted IN 1889, and tho year gite,
he took SO bis lie partner a young lady OF
his native town. He was elected to The
Ohio Legislature In 1910, and tho follow
ing year the firm oi Young & Waite re-
moved to Toledo, Ohio, where they built
upa very large and romunerativs practice.
A younger brother Of Mr.. Watts was gd.
mitted to the firm soon afterwards, aud
the partnership continued up to his ap.
po;ntment to the p0lition he nov occr.
pies.
His march toward his present eminenee
was steady Gnd repid. His professional
career from the Outset WA auccceaiul, erd
the quiet and un0s!enta.iola manner ia
which ho performed his work, asB:sted in
creating thss confidence in hia ability
which the c,urt and his fellow citizens
entertain. "His assertion on any cues.
ton was always accepted aa inaisputabie,"
s9ys well.knoWn member OF the Bar.
who long observed him in his legal prsc.
ice. ,s. -,
Mr. Waite vac Wing Until that party
dlsbanded, when he joined the Republi.
can party. He reluctantly became eau.
didate for Congress in 1862, and later was
tho nominee CT the Standardization Par.
"" but his canyesgss WIG unsuccesaful
Other ncmiGatlonB end vafioua appo:ut
nenta wore rendered him from time to
time, all OF which he reineed to accept.
The first petition in which lila ability
ittracted the attention Of tho whole cvun.
Try was that o. counsel for tho United
States, the tribunal Of arbitration which
met at Geneva in lS7l-2. He was ESQ.
ciated il this dslicato negotiation with
Caleb Clubbing and William N. Eyarta.
Chelr tact and good Judgment largely
served to terminate the difficulty arising
out our Civil War between tho United
States and the United Kingdom The
year after bis return holae, in 1873, be
presided over the Constitutional Conven-
lion Of Ohio. = 4. 49,
He was appointed to his present posi-.
lion by President Grant On the 2lst OF
January, 1874, aa the successor OF Chist
Justice ChGs. AS Chief Justice DO 70.
ceiyes selaty Of ten thousand Eve hun
dreu dOllera wear. ~ RI